Mentor Areas
- Innate immunity
- Biochemistry
- Chemical Biology
- Signaling Pathways
- Enzyme Kinetics
- Cell Death (Apoptosis and Pyroptosis)
Description:
How cells respond and adapt to extracellular and intracellular dangers such as pathogens or DNA damage is important for survival and many disease states. The response to such dangers is usually mediated by large multiprotein death signaling complexes that can either eliminate the damaged cells or in some instances promote pro-survival pathways. However, the specific inputs that initiate the death signaling complex formation as well as the downstream signaling pathways activated by these complexes are not well understood. My overall research program is mainly focused on understanding the molecular mechanism of activation of death signaling complexes that regulate caspases, the downstream signaling pathways that they regulate, and how those processes can be exploited to generate therapeutics for inflammatory disorders and cancer.
Preferred Qualifications
Excitement about science and willingness to learn. Having taken introductory biology and biochemistry would be a plus but not required.
Project Website
Learn more about the researcher and/or the project here. https://www.taabazuinglab.com
Details:
Preferred Student Year
Second-Year
Academic Term
Summer, Fall, Spring
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.